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Student file of Ernest Iron (Little War Shield), a member of the Crow Nation, who entered the school on September 15, 1908 and died on March 10, 1910. The file contains a student information card and an application for enrollment.

This material includes a forwarded press copy report detailing the findings of Medical Supervisor Joseph A. Murphy's investigation of tuberculosis at the Carlisle Indian School in 1909. This report includes a list of pupils diagnosed with tuberculosis and recommended to be sent home.